Thread: Donald Trump Teases Immigration Shock, Backs Off in Speech

Originally Posted by Judy

Yes, MW, you're right and so far Trump has never used the term "comprehensive". And during the campaign and in his speech last night he's talked often and plenty about reforming legal immigration to make sure we aren't importing immigrants we don't need, we can't sustain and can't support. He's talked about this "merit-based" system from the early days.

He was talking about a "merit-based" system for legal immigrants last night. In his earlier days he actually floated a "merit-based" system for illegals. I only heard it once or twice back then. Guess it didn't pass muster with Sessions or his base because he didn't continue talking about it for illegals.

Originally Posted by MW

He was talking about a "merit-based" system for legal immigrants last night. In his early day he actually floated a "merit-based" system for illegals. I only heard it once or twice back then. Guess it didn't pass muster with Sessions or his base because he didn't continue talking about it for illegals.

It was actually his son Eric who said that. He was mixed up on the subject. Trump said they would all be deported or required to leave, then maybe the good ones, like brain surgeons, could come back on a "merit-system", that would be the legal immigration merit system. But he would always also say, but that's not fair to legal immigrants who have been waiting to come in and following the rules, so that would have to be considered also.

https://www.alipac.us/f8/final-12-ho...rouble-344285/

Originally Posted by Judy

It was actually his son Eric who said that. He was mixed up on the subject. Trump said they would all be deported or required to leave, then maybe the good ones, like brain surgeons, could come back on a "merit-system", that would be the legal immigration merit system. But he would always also say, but that's not fair to legal immigrants who have been waiting to come in and following the rules, so that would have to be considered also.

I don't know what Kushner has said or not said on a merit-based system, but I do know for a fact that Donald Trump has spoken of a "merit system" for illegals.

Excerpt from NumbersUSA:

But Trump answered:

Well, the first thing we do is take the bad ones, of which there are, unfortunately, quite a few. We take the bad ones, and get them the hell out. . . . We have to get the bad ones out. Then the other ones -- and I'm a very big believer in merit system. I have to tell you. Because some of these people have been here, they've done a good job. You know, in some cases, sadly, they've been living under the shadows, etc. etc. We have to do something. So, whether it's merit or whether it's whatever, but I'm a believer in the merit system. If somebody's been outstanding, we try and work something out. But before we do anything, Joe, we have to secure the border...."

Those comments are in line with an earlier report from TMZ.com:

Donald Trump says if he's elected president, he'd let undocumented workers who are productive stay in the United States, but if they just sponge off the system and don't contribute ... he'd have them deported. . . . Trump tells TMZ he'd create a "system of merit," saying people here illegally should have "a road to legal status" if they work hard and contribute to the country. . . . Trump also says no one really knows how many people are in the U.S. illegally -- he cites different stats that show the figure is somewhere between 11 and 30 million. Trumps says it's unrealistic and inhumane to attempt to deport all of them. Thus, the merit system. He says many undocumented workers are "hardworking people" who deserve a chance to live the American dream.

https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/pro-...ts-new-ratings

No it wasn't Jared Kushner, it was Eric Trump, his son, not his son-in-law, who first talked about the merit-system in an interview he had in June of 2015. As to those quotes in NumbersUSA, I can't say, I didn't see or hear those particular interviews. I saw one where he said they would have to leave, then could apply to come back in legally based on a merit system. He referenced "good ones", "college educated", "brain surgeons", in that interview. Remember when everyone was accusing him of "touchback amnesty"?

In any event, America has to stop importing these poor people "looking for a better life running drugs". We don't want them here, we don't want them back when they leave, the "good ones" need to help their own countries, the countries need to deal with their own "bad ones" and everyone in the middle just needs to go back to their own countries and get along to go along.

They all gotta go!! No mercy, no exceptions, no time for sappiness or weakness. Must be strong and follow the law on this issue to the letter and verse.